Handcraft Products

                     

                                                            Sri Lanka is a very beautiful country situated in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka has so many natural resources. Using these resources, ancient Sinhalese start to produce some goods and items to ease their day-to-day life. After this creative production process, convert to an industrial background. This is the start of the present-day handcrafted items industry. Sri Lankan people make various types of handcrafted items. It represents their creativity and empathy. There are so many handcrafted items made by Sri Lankan people; there are handloom weavings, mask & drum making, lacquer work, batik art, pottery & ceramics, lacquer work, brass & metalware. 

Handloom weavings.

                                                         Handloom weaving is one of the oldest industries in Sri Lanka. According to ancient Sri Lankan history books, there are so many stories mentioning this handloom weaving industry. It involves weaving threads into the fabric using a manually operated loom, a process that requires great skill and patience. Basically cotton & silk, and also natural colours, are used to create these handloom weavings. Today sarongs, shirts & sarees are made by using this technology. Also, it has very high demand among local & foreign peoples. This industry is populated in Central Province & North Western Province.

Wooden Mask & Drum making.

                                                                 This is another favourite traditional handcraft industry in Sri Lanka. Special character masks & musical instruments are made in this industry. Special wood (Kaduru, Mahogany, and Teak) is used to create masks & musical instruments. This creator should have patience & creativity. Because without this, qualities can't create the attractive & colourful mask & musical instruments. This mask has various characters. It emphasises historical characters in Sri Lankan history. This mask is used to act in dramas or for decorative purposes. Also, the drum-making process is another big project. It has some mechanisms. Depending on your preference for a bass or a sharp sound, the cutting styles of the wooden pieces vary from one to the other. 

Lacquer work (Laksha)

                                                                     Lacquer work is very colourful traditional crafting work. It's related to Kandyan arts and crafts. There are so many products manufactured in this lacquer industry. Those are jewellery boxes, bowls, walking aid sticks, and some furniture. To make this item, there are special materials used. It's a lac resin, mixed with natural pigments to create bright colours such as red, yellow, and black. Also, some kind of wood (Kekuna, Sandalwood) is used as the base of these decorative items. These Laksha items are used as decorative items. 

                                                      Also, there are so many creative handicraft techniques related to Sri Lankan culture. Those are the brass & metalware production industry, Sesath, the coir and Beeralu lace industry, wooden carving, and the pottery-making industry. These industries are related to Sri Lankan history. So it can see some unique features, like that nature-friendly display of Buddhist stories, improving human creativity & patience.